Villawood refugee children being searched before and after school
Children attending school from the Villawood residential housing section of the detention centre are being subjected to extensive searches of their bags, including their...
Protest, self harm escalates on Manus Island
Manus Island detention centre is engulfed in the largest protests in a year, as more asylum seekers join the hunger strike.
Sudanese asylum seekers in...
UNHCR avoiding its responsibility to refugees: Australian and Malaysian refugee advocates
The UNHCR is completely misguided in offering any support whatsoever for the Malaysia refugee swap, according to Australian and Malaysian refugee advocates.
Richard Towle, Australian...
Government must stop its immigration re-detention raids
Having introduced laws to over-turn the legal decision last December that saw 163 people released from immigration detention, the government has begun re-detaining people.
Afghan MPs call on the Coalition to scrap Temporary Protection Visas
A group of 45 members of the Afghan Parliament have written to Prime Minister Tony Abbott appealing to him to reconsider the government’s proposal...
Resettlement farce as Manus refugees face more threats
The latest notice on Manus Island (at right) announces the next stage in trying to force refugees out of the detention centre and into...
Refugee groups reject Sri Lankan government allegations against “Alex”
Media Release
November 7
Refugee groups have condemned the statements from the Sri Lankan government alleging that Alex is a people smuggler. “It is the Sri...
CHRISTMAS ISLAND SURVIVORS SHOULD BE FREED TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY
Media release December 17, 2010
Refugee groups have called for the survivors of the Christmas Island tragedy to be freed from detention to live in...
Union leaders join International protests to say No to Indonesian Solution
Media Release January 19, 2010
“International protests have put the Rudd government on notice that the world is watching what happens to the asylum seekers...
Iraqi asylum seekers protest on Manus Island
For most of the day, yesterday, Friday, 20 June, Iraqis in at least two compounds in the Manus Island detention centre held peaceful protests...
